Jewish advocates have raised concerns with the Justice Minister about whether he fully vetted the new head of Canada’s human rights commission after it emerged that Birju Dattani posted links on social media to articles comparing Israelis to Nazis, and Palestinians to Jews incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Shimon Koffler Fogel, president and CEO, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, met Justice Minister Arif Virani last week to express disquiet about his appointment of Mr. Dattani as chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) earlier this month. The commissioner would play a key role in combatting hateful posts under the government’s online harms bill.
